Henrietta Lacks' family sues biotech company over cells, says it "chose to use her body for profit" - NewsBreak

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By Shannon in Business
Updated 2 years ago

The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, accusing it of selling cells that doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took from the Black woman in 1951 without her knowledge or consent as part of "a racially unjust medical system." The estate's federal lawsuit says Thermo Fisher Scientific...

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